2011/8/10 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 2:39 PM, phil swenson <[email protected]>wrote: > >> btw, you can recoup your costs by building good *products* that >> customer want to buy. >> > > Of course, but what if $BIG_COMPANY copies your product and releases it two > months after your own for free, just because they have the money to do so? > > Does that seem fair for you? >
It already can & does happen under the present system. The big company simply needs to throw enough lawyers and countersuits at you so that it becomes financially untenable to continue pursuing any litigation. At the very least, they'll keep you crippled with legal fees just long enough for you to go bankrupt, then their problem is solved. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
